Fire in abandoned Zefyri building: section collapsed, reports of two trapped firefighters

What happened

A fire broke out on Saturday, 14 November 2026, in an abandoned building on Katsantoni Street in Zefyri, in the Fyli municipality. The Fire Service Operations Centre received the alert at about 11:40. Twenty firefighters with six vehicles from the 6th, 10th and 12th Athens fire stations, along with a unit of the 1st EMAK, were dispatched. According to first information, a section of the building's interior gave way while crews were working to put out the blaze.

Reports of trapped firefighters

The accounts differ on what happened inside the building. NewsIT reported that an internal wall collapsed while firefighters were working on the fire, leaving two firefighters trapped, and that their colleagues were trying to reach them by radio without response. The same report said a third firefighter had earlier lost consciousness but was now in good health. NewsIT also placed the start of the fire at around 12:00, while the Fire Service alert is recorded at about 11:40. iefimerida.gr's headline says part of the roof collapsed and two firefighters are missing, but the body of its article reports only that a section of the interior gave way and does not repeat the claim about trapped crews.

Investigation and traffic

The Athens arson investigation unit was sent to the site to determine the cause of the fire, and no cause has been stated in the reports. Traffic police halted vehicle traffic on Therisou Street between the junction with Ethnikis Antistaseos and Ypsilantou Street.

Status of the response

The reports are based on first information and are still developing. None of the sources gives a confirmed count of injured people, and the outcome of the effort to reach the firefighters NewsIT described is not yet reported.